Subject for May, 2016

Chapter 14 – “Defend Thee, Lord”

Subject: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

I PAID three pennies for my breakfast, and a most extravagant price it was, too, seeing that one could have breakfasted a dozen persons for that money; but I was feeling good by...

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Chapter 13 – Freemen

Subject: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

YES, it is strange how little a while at a time a person can be contented. Only a little while back, when I was riding and suffering, what a heaven this peace, this rest, this s...

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Chapter 12 – Slow Torture

Subject: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

STRAIGHT off, we were in the country. It was most lovely and pleasant in those sylvan solitudes in the early cool morning in the first freshness of autumn. From hilltops we saw ...

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Chapter 11 – The Yankee in Search of Adventures

Subject: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

THERE never was such a country for wandering liars; and they were of both sexes. Hardly a month went by without one of these tramps arriving; and generally loaded with a tale ab...

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Chapter 10 – Beginnings of Civilization

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THE Round Table soon heard of the challenge, and of course it was a good deal discussed, for such things interested the boys. The king thought I ought now to set forth in quest ...

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Chapter 9 – The Tournament

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THEY were always having grand tournaments there at Camelot; and very stirring and picturesque and ridiculous human bull-fights they were, too, but just a little wearisome to the...

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Chapter 8 – The Boss

Subject: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

TO be vested with enormous authority is a fine thing; but to have the on-looking world consent to it is a finer. The tower episode solidified my power, and made it impregnable. ...

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Chapter 7 – Merlin’s Tower

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INASMUCH as I was now the second personage in the Kingdom, as far as political power and authorty were concerned, much was made of me. My raiment was of silks and velvets and cl...

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Chapter 6 – The Eclipse

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IN the stillness and the darkness, realization soon began to supplement knowledge. The mere knowledge of a fact is pale; but when you come to REALIZE your fact, it takes on colo...

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Chapter 5 – An Inspiration

Subject: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

I WAS so tired that even my fears were not able to keep me awake long. When I next came to myself, I seemed to have been asleep a very long time. My first thought was, “W...

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